Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:04:41 -0500 | From | Michael Rothwell <> | Subject | Re: named streams, extended attributes, and posix |
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Mo McKinlay wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Today, Michael Rothwell (rothwell@holly-springs.nc.us) wrote: > > > The filesystem, when registering that it supports the "named streams" > > namespace, could specify its preferred delimiter to the VFS as well. > > Ext4 could use /directory/file/stream, and NTFS could use > > /directory/file:stream. > > Erk - nice from a programming point of view, horrible from a consistency > one. The nice thing about VFS is that it provides a consistent abstract > interface - I'd place a small amount of money on the fact that Al Viro > would probably flame you to high heaven for that last suggestion if he was > paying much attention to this thread :-)
Oh, undoubtedly. But NTFS already disallows several characters in valid filenames. This also violates the "consistent abstract interface." But it's reality.
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